The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-15
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr.. R A Macfe, Jr., Of Kilauea, is il
! town.
/ : Hon Wm. G. Irwin returned to town by
/ the Kiuau.
There was considerable fast riding in
( town yesterday.
II. b. NJ. :. Conquest returned to Homo
lulu early Sunday morning.
When the Likelike left Kahului there
/ were no vessels in the harbor-
The Y. NJ. c. \. bookkeeping class
/ meets at o'clock this evening.
\ number of the sailors from the I. s.
/ 5. Adams were ashore yesterday.
/ The Rev H. F E. WhaIIey returned
/ from KohaIa yesterday by the Kinau.
We regret to say that Mr. John 81 own
! is lying quite seriously i'll at the Que ems
Hospital
The steamer W. C. Hall sails at 10
o'clock tomorrow mornin z for Maui and
Hawaii.
The members of Engine Company No. ?
had fire drill on Emma street SatuI day
afternoon.
day from the excursion trip around the
island of Kauai.
The attendance at the churches yes,er-
day was somewhat thinned, owing to The
very hot weather.
The LikeIike leaves at / o'clock this
afternoon on the Kinau's route. The lat
ter will go on the Marine Railway.
The barkentne Planter should be along
some time this week from San Francisco
with two or three days later news.
There is quite demand for copies Of the
Honolulu Almanac and Directory con-
tanning the Old and New Constitutions.
His Majesty the King, accompanied by
Col. c. P. Iaukea, Chamberlain, paid a
visit to the L. 5. S. Adams on Saturday
afternoon.
. A Chinaman named All Foo was arrested
yesterday on a. warrant, and stands
charged with assault with pistol on All
Sing.
A cricket match was to have been played |
on Saturday afternoon between married |
and single men, but only eleven players |
turning up it was abandoned.
The brigantine VIM. c. Irwin sailed on
Saturday for San Francisco. She took |
between five and six hundred letters and |
paper mail from the Post Office.
The sermons at St. Andrews Cathedral !
yesterday touched upon the centenary
of the conservation of the first Colonial
Bishop of the Anglican Church. -
Last Saturday Mr.. Lewis J. Levey sold
the Kapena homestead on Nuuanu Avenue
to Mr.. j. 7. Warehouse for SO, $50. The
lease OF hve pieces of land situate at Eva
was not sold. The sale was well attended.
\ On account of all the public halls being
engaged for Tuesday evening, the meeting
for nominating delegates from the Fifth
Ward to the Central Convention will be
held at the Lyceum this evening at 80
o'clock.
The sale of Goo Kin's goods on Satur-
day by F. P. Adams & Co., at the store,
Pike BlOc% Nuuanu street, was well at
tended and a success. 1t will be continued
Tuesday at 7o'clockp.m. at the same place,
and bargains may be looked for.
Mr.. J. J Williams is getting to be as
good a rifle shot as he is photographer
On Friday he beat Mr.. Nicoll for the
second time at 200, 400 and 500 yards, ten
rounds each. It was close shave though,
the score standing: Williams, 1l6; Nicou,
10.
The Bulletin" says that last Tuesday
morning at 2:3O O'Clock, people on Molo-
lai and at Lahaina saw very large meteor.
The meteor, which appeared about the
f ON # % oh Ch frnr I
he heavens toward the island of MolOkai
While the people were gazing in amaze
nent (the descent occupied about five
ecOndS) the phenomenon disappeared.